Once Forbidden, Twice Shy

Once Forbidden, Twice Shy

Carrie Aarons

Romance / Sports / Contemporary

Running from your problems only brings you hurtling face first into even worse baggage. After experiencing a brutal trauma in New York that I’d rather bury than address, escaping to a new job in London seems like the perfect solution. That was before I was introduced to my new boss, who is none other than my brother’s best friend. You know, the one I’ve been head-over-heels in love with forever. Jack Merrick had been my crush since I knew what one was. For years we fought the feelings; I didn’t want to humiliate myself and his excuse was not betraying my brother or parents, who had accepted him as their own. Then, the night of my college graduation party, he undressed me in my childhood bedroom and confirmed that there was no one else on this earth for him but me. When I woke the next morning he was gone, off to take a job as a coder halfway around the world. Four years and a mangled heart later, Jack is the last person I expect to see in London, and something close to fate is tricking me into thinking this is more than a coincidence. Our shared love of programming has always connected us, but now it’s the thing we’re weaponizing to get back at each other. Until one night, when the emotional scars from my attack resurface and he’s the only one to witness a massive breakdown. He coaxes out my secrets and swears to love and protect me like he couldn’t before. But with everything stacked against us, I’m not sure we can ever have what we’ve always dreamed of. Except just as we’re beginning to tackle those obstacles, I learn the truth of why he left all those years ago. And suddenly there may be no future for us at all.
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Wild With You

Wild With You

J. H. Croix

Romance / Contemporary / Sports

A brand new firefighter series from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! ✔️ Single father with axe-swinging hotness ✔️ Polar opposites attract ✔️ Barn burner chemistry with a serious slow burn ???????????????? ✔️ Meet cute, corgi included When a grumpy hotshot firefighter meets a homecoming queen from the city, all bets are off. I don't have time for romance, much less for prissy Madison Glen. The first time I meet her, I kiss her. The second time I meet her, she's breaking into my neighbor's house. She swears up and down she's not a criminal. Maybe not, but she is definitely a distraction I don't need. I've got my hands full with my mouthy daughter and an insanely busy life as a hotshot firefighter. It doesn't surprise me at all to learn Madison was homecoming queen in high school. She's stubborn, impractical, and she'd win the contest for least-likely to survive in small town Alaska. She's also sultry and...
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Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling

Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling

Mick Foley

Biographies & Memoirs / Sports

In Foley Is Good, Mick Foley -- former Commissioner of the World Wrestling Federation, aka Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind -- picks up right where his smash #1 New York Times bestseller Have a Nice Day! left off, giving readers an inside look at the behind-the-scenes action in the Federation. With total honesty and riotous humor, Mick Foley shines a spotlight into some of the hidden corners of the World Wrestling Federation. From the ongoing controversy surrounding "backyard wrestling" to the real story behind his now-infamous "I Quit" match with The Rock, Foley covers all the bases in this hysterically funny roller-coaster ride of a memoir.
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One More Time

One More Time

J. H. Croix

Romance / Contemporary / Sports

A swoony, small town romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! How we met: I got a black eye. Where we met: At a wedding. Our first date: We're not dating. Cross my heart. True story: Jack Hamilton gave me a black eye when we met. He didn't throw a punch, but he did open a door right into my face. On the same day I was a bridesmaid in my brother's wedding. My head spun when I took a good look at him. Maybe it was running full-force into a door, but maybe it's because he's melt-your-panties H-O-T. Oh, and he's a hotshot firefighter. But I don't date, and I don't ever intend to fall in love. It's all so simple. Until the chemistry that's hot enough to melt me nearly does. Maybe Jack can help with that, what with the whole firefighting thing. No one warned me that a good man could make me forget all the reasons why love is a bad idea. Jack & McKenna's story is...
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Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team; or, Bitter Struggles on the Diamond

Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team; or, Bitter Struggles on the Diamond

Lester Chadwick

Children's Books / Sports

Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Classic Ghost Stories

Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Health / Sports / Fitness

7 classic ghost stories by acknowledged masters of weird fiction with a brief introduction by Tony Walker:7 classic ghost stories by acknowledged masters of weird fiction with a brief introduction by Tony Walker:A Room in the Tower - by E F BensonThe Woman's Ghost Story -by Algernon BlackwoodThe House and the Brain -by Lord Edward Bulwer-LyttonThe Beast with Five Fingers- by W. F. HarveyThe Dunwich Horror - by H P LovecraftThrawn Janet - by Robert Louis StevensonThe Signal-Man by Charles Dickens
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All We Have

All We Have

J. H. Croix

Romance / Contemporary / Sports

A swoony small town holiday romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! She makes the rules. I break them. I need a vacation more than I need air. A week by myself at my family's vacation home in Maine is perfect. Except Jane Matthews is there. I don't recognize her at first because the smokin' hot woman with a librarian vibe is nothing like the Jane I remember. She's one of my little sister's friends, and I barely noticed her back in high school. Now, it's nigh impossible to ignore her. Sparks fly between us every time we're near each other. When we get snowed in and Jane asks me a favor—a big favor—I don't know if I can say no. She says we just have the week. That we can't tell anyone. That we'll forget each other after it's over. She's wrong about everything. Ian & Jane's story is perfect for readers who love: friends to lovers, slow burn, broody billionaires, small town gossip, emotional...
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Teething Ring

Teething Ring

James Causey

Fiction / Sports / Nonfiction

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
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Exploiters End

Exploiter's End

James Causey

Fiction / Sports / Nonfiction

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Sun House

Sun House

David James Duncan

Fiction / Sports / Baseball

An epic comedy about love, spirit, and the quest for transcendence in an anything-but-transcendent America, set amid the gorgeous landscapes of the American west: “A profound gift to readers” (Hank Lentfer) from the author of the perennial cult bestsellers The River Why and The Brothers K.   A random bolt from a DC-8 falls from the sky, killing a child and throwing the faith of a young Jesuit Jesuit into crisis.  A boy’s mother dies on his fifth birthday, sparking a lifetime of repressed anger that he unleashes once a year in reckless duels with the Fate, God, or Power who let the coincidence happen. A young woman on a run in Seattle experiences a shooting star moment that pierces her with a love that will eventually help heal the Jesuit, the angry young man, and innumerable others. The journeys of this unintentional menagerie carry them to the healing lands of Montana and a newly founded...
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